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Agriotes proximus and A. lineatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae): a comparative study on the pheromone composition and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequence

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The presence of geranyl octanoate, previously found in pheromone gland extracts of Agriotes lineatus females, was also demonstrated in gland extracts of A. proximus females. Similar to A. lineatus, geranyl butanoate was present only in trace amounts in A. proximus female gland extracts. In air entrainment samples of female A. lineatus and A. proximus beetles, the relative ratio of geranyl butanoate and geranyl octanoate was higher than that in gland extracts. In addition, comparison of a segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene of feral specimens of A. lineatus and A. proximus showed >99% similarity. Both pheromone profile and nucleotide sequence analysis delineate close relationship between the investigated taxa and postulate taxonomic revision. Further studies on sympatric populations of A. lineatus and A. proximus are underway to investigate and better understand possible processes of species diversification.

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This work was partially supported by grant DO02-244/2008 of the Bulgarian National Scientific Fund and by OTKA grant K 81494 of HAS. Comments by anonymous referees and the editors greatly improved the relevance of the work presented.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute HAS, Herman O. u. 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary

    József Vuts, Éva Bálintné Csonka & Miklós Tóth

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, Stuttgart, 70599, Germany

    Till Tolasch

  3. Veneto Agricoltura, Viale dell′Università, 14 Agripolis, Legnaro (Pd), 35020, Italy

    Lorenzo Furlan

  4. Department of Microbiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/c, Budapest, 1117, Hungary

    Tamás Felföldi & Károly Márialigeti

  5. Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, ul. Gagarin 2, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Teodora B. Toshova & Mitko Subchev

  6. DRAEDM, Rua da Resauração 336, 4050-501, Porto, Portugal

    Amália Xavier

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Vuts, J., Tolasch, T., Furlan, L. et al. Agriotes proximus and A. lineatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae): a comparative study on the pheromone composition and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequence. Chemoecology 22, 23–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-011-0091-5

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